NexChip and Samsung Foundry lead LCD and OLED driver IC markets October 23, 2024 NexChip and Samsung Foundry have emerged as major leaders in the display driver IC (DDIC) industry for 3Q24, according to the most recent insights from Omdia's Display Driver IC industry Tracker.
2024 Apple iPad Pro estimated to ship Between 4.5 to 5M units May 09, 2024 Apple’s recent product launch in May introduced a lineup of new tablets featuring advanced AMOLED screens. Notably, the Pro version boasts a dual-layer tandem structure designed to address the longstanding challenges of screen burn-in and lifespan that are common with AMOLED displays. The absence of a backlight module has facilitated the thinnest tables to date, Says TrendForce.
Shipments of smartphone panels forecasted to drop by 9% YoY September 28, 2023 TrendForce projects that shipments of smartphone display panels (smartphone panels) will reach approximately 1.85 billion pieces in 2023, reflecting a YoY increase of 8.7%.
Foldable smartphone shipments to soar by over 50% YoY May 24, 2023 TrendForce estimates that shipments of foldable smartphones will reach 19.8 million units in 2023, marking an impressive YoY growth rate of 55% compared to 12.8 million units last year.
OLED materials projected to reach a valuation of $3B in 2025 April 12, 2023 TrendForce’s latest report, “AMOLED Technology and Market Status”, reveals that OLED, the next generation of digital displays, has not only taken hold of the smartphone market but is also beginning to make its move into other applications.
2022 will see a focus on 12-inch capacity expansion June 23, 2022 TrendForce says that global wafer foundry capacity will increase by approximately 14% annually in 2022.
1Q22 foundry output value up 8.2% QoQ, says TrendForce June 21, 2022 TrendForce says that, although demand for consumer electronics remains weak, structural growth demand in the semiconductor industry including for servers, high-performance computing, automotive, and industrial equipment has not flagged, becoming a key driver for medium and long term foundry growth.
Mobile phone AMOLED panels to reach 46% market penetration in 2022 January 06, 2022 Benefiting from expanded introduction of AMOLED mobile phone models by Apple, Samsung and Chinese brands, the market penetration rate of AMOLED panels for mobile phones in 2021 was 42%, according to TrendForce's investigations.
iPhone production for 2021 projected to reach 223M units June 22, 2021 This year, the US and Europe, which are Apple’s main markets for iPhone devices, are seeing an easing of the pandemic and expecting an economic recovery. Furthermore, Apple is expected to benefit from Huawei’s abandonment of some market share for high-end smartphones, and the sales of the new iPhone devices in 2H21 will likely be boosted thanks to this development.
AMOLED models increases its share on the smartphone market March 16, 2021 Among the various display technologies used for smartphones in 2021, AMOLED models are expected to account for a 39% penetration, thanks to smartphone brands’ increasing adoption of this technology, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations.
Top 10 tech industry trends for 2021 October 06, 2020 As the DRAM industry officially enters the EUV era, NAND Flash stacking technology advances past 150L, says TrendForce as it provides its forecast of 10 key trends in the tech industry for 2021.
What are the impacts of expanded US sanctions against Huawei August 21, 2020 TrendForce has dug deep to analyse the potential impacts that the expanded sanctions against Huawei have on five tech industries, including semiconductors, memory products, smartphones, display panels, and 5G communications.
NOR Flash ASP to potentially drop in 2H20 June 23, 2020 NOR Flash buyers found that their inventories were low and stepped up their procurement efforts as they anticipated the growing risk of COVID-19 causing disruptions in the supply chain.
Mycronic receives order for a Prexision 800 Evo March 04, 2020 Mycronic says it has received an order for a Prexision 800 Evo mask writer for display applications for deployment in Asia.
US-China trade impacts global top ten IC design companies September 05, 2019 The global top ten IC design companies for 2Q19 ranked by revenue have just been released by TrendForce, in which we see revenues of the top five all falling YoY.
Huawei ban temporarily relaxed - will it have an effect? July 10, 2019 TrendForce, says that demand for LTPS devices were previously expected to grow steadily in 2019 and cause utilisation for LTPS production lines to climb. But due to the effects of the Huawei ban, LTPS area produced is expected to shrink starting from 3Q, with the annual area produced expected to fall by about 7.2% compared to 2018, arriving at just 8.3 million square-meters.
Mycronic lands Asian order for advanced maskwriter October 17, 2018 Mycronic has received an order for a Prexision-800 from an unnamed customer in Asia. The system is configured with limited functionality and is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2019.
TrendForce: Apple to introduce three new iPhone models this fall August 14, 2018 According to TrendForce, the sales of Apple’s iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X that were released in 2017 were lower than expected for models that celebrate 10th anniversary of the iPhone line. Will the three new models Apple is planning to introduce take a larger share of the company’s annual sales volume compared the models from last year?
Under-display fingerprint sensor for smartphones to top 100M units by 2019 April 30, 2018 Smartphone brands are expected to increase their adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors, which allow phones to have full-screen displays with an invisible fingerprint feature, according to IHS Markit.
Camera and DRAM increase overall BOM for Samsung March 22, 2018 The new Samsung Galaxy S9+ equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory (model number SM-G965U1) carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost of USD 375.80, much higher than for previous versions of the company’s smartphones.
BOM list shows that iPhone X costs Apple $370 in materials November 08, 2017 IHS Markit’s teardown engineers brought out their tools and got to work on the new iPhone X. The team’s preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple flagship model shows a bill of materials (BOM) of $370.25.
LG and Samsung invest €25 million in Cynora September 14, 2017 Germany’s Cynora, a provider of organic emitter materials for OLEDs, has received backing the two Korean tech giants as it moves forward in its development of a new type of organic emitting materials.
Mycronic receives largest multiple mask writer order to-date September 05, 2017 Sweden-headquartered Mycronic has received an order of multiple mask writers from Photronics. With headquarters in Connecticut (USA), Photronics is a global supplier of photomasks for the semiconductor and display industry with increasing activities in China.
Global smartphone production volume at 324M units in 2Q August 09, 2017 TrendForce’s latest smartphone market research finds flat growth in the global production volume between the first and second quarter of 2017.
Prices of NOR Flash products go up 20% sequentially for 3Q July 10, 2017 Increasing demand for AMOLED panels from smartphone brands and the rising production of ICs for Touch with Display Driver Integration (TDDI) has propelled the growth of the NOR Flash market in the recent period, according to DRAMeXchange.
AMOLED panel market to surge 63 percent in 2017 July 06, 2017 The global active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panel market is forecast to surge 63 percent in 2017 from a year ago to USD 25.2 billion on growing demand for AMOLED panels in the smartphone and TV industries, writes IHS Markit.
Tianma selects Orbotech for its Flex AMOLED Gen 6 Fab May 15, 2017 Tianma Micro-electronics, a producer of display solutions, has selected Orbotech’s ArrayChecker and AOI solutions for its production line upgrade to flexible AMOLED technology.
Average memory content for smartphones to grow 33.4% annually May 10, 2017 The sharp upswing in prices of mobile DRAM products is expected to hold back the growth of average per device memory content for smartphones this year, says the market intelligence firm TrendForce.
BOM: Galaxy S8 materials costs highest by far April 24, 2017 The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to USD 301.60, much higher than for previous versions of the company’s smartphones.
Demand from AMOLED and TDDI markets push up NOR Flash prices April 12, 2017 The prices of NOR Flash will go up sequentially by at least 5 percent on average for every quarter in 2017 as its market benefits from the abundant releases of smartphones featuring AMOLED display during the year, TrendForce reports.
Soaring prices of key components squeeze margins March 03, 2017 The markets for key components used in smartphones have experienced rising prices since the second half of 2016 because of tightening supply.
New iPhone production volume to exceed 100M units in 2017 February 27, 2017 The next major iPhone release will certainly be one of the most anticipated events in the global consumer electronics market in the second half of 2017.